Toshiba Strata CIX Family of VoIP Systems Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust...

Toshiba Strata CIX Family of VoIP Systems Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for 2008 Best VoIP Product

IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., Telecommunication
Systems Division (Toshiba -- www.telecom.toshiba.com), today announced
that Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications
publication and a world-leading publication on technologies and
solutions, has named Toshiba's Strata(R) CIX(TM) family of IP business
communication systems the winner of the 2008 Best Products and
Services Award in the VoIP category. This respected annual award
honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs
and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide. As part of the
technology industry's leading global awards program, this year's Best
Products and Services were nominated from all over the world.

"Toshiba has been awarded Best in VoIP by our readers for its
proven ability to deliver solid IP business communication systems that
give users flexibility, reliability, durability and migratability
across the Strata CIX product family," said Rake Narang,
editor-in-chief, Network Products Guide.

"We are very honored to win the Network Products Guide's 2008 Best
Product of the Year for VoIP," said Brian Metherell, vice president
and general manager. "As the readers who voted can attest, the Toshiba
Strata CIX IP business communication systems deliver Toshiba's
legendary quality and reliability in an affordable VoIP system ranging
from 40 to 1,152 ports. A strong solution for both SMB and
multi-location customers, Toshiba Strata CIX systems are the choice of
thousands of headquarter and branch office locations at America's best
known companies."

Toshiba's Strata CIX VoIP systems range from the newly announced
Strata CIX1200, offering up to 1,152 ports, to the small Strata CIX40,
which accommodates up to 40 ports. All Toshiba Strata CIX VoIP systems
can be networked together for up to 128 sites; can be customized using
Toshiba's FeatureFlex(R) adaptability tool; and work with both digital
and IP endpoints, including desk telephones, softphones, third-party
SIP phones, attendant consoles, wireless phones, and more. Strata CIX
systems offer easy migration to larger systems in the Strata CIX
family and work with the same applications, including voice mail,
unified messaging, IVR, ACD and reporting, video conferencing and
collaboration, Web-based personal and system administration and
FeatureFlex, all of which reside on Toshiba's Strata Media Application
Server (Strata MAS), a single-server solution.

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About Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS)

Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of four
business units: Digital Products Division, Imaging Systems Division,
Storage Device Division, and Telecommunication Systems Division.
Together, these divisions provide mobile products and solutions,
including industry leading portable computers; projectors; imaging
products for the security, medical and manufacturing markets; storage
products for automotive, computer and consumer electronics
applications; and telephony equipment and associated applications.

TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of
information products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is
an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a
subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, which is a global leader in high
technology and integrated manufacturing of electrical and electronic
components, products and systems, as well as major infrastructure
systems. Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global
network of more than 740 companies, with 198,000 employees worldwide
and annual sales surpassing US$76 billion. For more information on
Toshiba's leading innovations, visit the company's Web site at
www.toshiba.com.

(C) 2008 Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. All product,
service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or
service marks of their respective owners. Information including
without limitation product prices, specifications, availability,
content of services, and contact information is subject to change
without notice.

Toshiba PR:
Teri Bruno, TBPR, 714-536-8407
teribruno@aol.com

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